Samoa – short and sweet

We only spent a short time in Samoa but it was very much fun. We were greeted at the hotel entrance drive by men in native dress carrying torches. We had our 4th meal of the day – breakfast on Easter Island, the bar-be-cue lunch, 2nd lunch or first dinner on the plane and then a light dinner at the hotel in Samoa when we arrived. Because that was the day we crossed the international date line our bodies were confused and we were just tired.

The next morning Bob worked out at the hotel gym and Bette went on tour to Vailima the tropical home of Robert Louis Stevenson. We had a kava ceremony on arrival. The kava ceremony is used to greet guests on Samoa. We then toured the museum with the head of the museum, Martha. She was a very passionate tour guide and ended our tour by singing in English and Samoan Stevenson’s poem Requiem.

We then returned to the hotel and in the fale (meeting house) and had a fia fia (lunch and native performance.).

After that we were off to the airport and Cairns, Australia. Our pilots were able to give us a look at the Great Barrier Reef before landing in Cairns.

Fitbit – 1260 steps, .6 miles, 1 floor

Great Barrier Reef

Vailima

MC of the show

First editions of Stevenson’s books

Kava ceremony

Entertainers at fia fia

Dancer with fire batons

Sorry the photos got mixed up 😔